Back from Camping

Randy, me and his kids all went camping over the 4th of July. My kids were both working and didn't go with us. We took off on Thursday and got back on Monday late afternoon.

We got up to the camp site that we have used the last two years and no one was using it so we decided to stay there again. We had a little problem though. When Randy pulled in it was really wet and the truck got stuck. I think everyone was a little scared for a bit but Randy used his McGyver skills and got us out. He was really worn out from all the work he had to do to get us out so I just made something inside and we didn't have a camp fire that night.

Friday was windy most of the day and rainy off and on. I don't think I even left the trailer. Garrsion stayed inside most of the day too. Randy and Sophie went looking for frogs and found one but she let it go later. She also caught some tadpoles and let them go too. We did decide to have a camp fire and roasted marshmallows. I brought some strawberry marshmallows and they were really good.

Saturday the weather was better. Randy and Sophie decided to try floating on tubes in the river. Me and Garrison didn't want to get wet. It was driving Izzy crazy. She wanted to be with them but didn't want to get in the water. Garrison and Sophie drove the four-wheelers a bit and Randy and Garrison took a pretty long ride. Randy grilled dinner for us and we had a camp fire again.

Sunday Randy and I took a pretty long ride on the four-wheelers and then came back and got the kids and went for a even longer ride. I think we went about 40 miles. We were all so cold by the time we got back. We had left later in the day and didn't get back until after 8. We saw some snow up where we rode and we saw some deer. Everyone was too cold to have a campfire so we just stayed inside the trailer with the heater going.

Monday we got up and started packing everything up to go home. We were doing pretty good and were in Ogden on our way to fill the truck up with gas before going home when a truck pulled up next to us and let Randy know we had a blown tire on the trailer. So we had to stop on the side of the freeway while Randy changed the tire. Thankfully we were able to get home in time for me to make my soccer game that night.